Comparative Industrial Vacancy Rate by Submarket
6 | 2017 Strategic Plan Progress Report
Maturing Neighborhoods
Major Challenge Area
Balanced Land Use (Economic Development and Tourism)
• Led collaborative effort to re-envision Inspirada Town Center site and optimize use of area’s commercial real estate
• Coordinated efforts among city departments to update city’s economic development strategy
Maturing Community (Community Development and Services)
• Developed neighborhood revitalization plan for Pittman neighborhood, a process funded by a grant from the Invest Health and Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
• Awarded Environmental Protection Agency Local Foods, Local Places technical assistance grant, which will result in a plan to reduce
food insecurity in downtown Henderson
• Developed chain-link fence removal program
• Gathered data and location of commercial unreinforced masonry buildings within Henderson
• Researched Henderson buildings over 20 years old without renewable fire permits
• Achieved compliance with Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity by collecting demographic data for impacted residents
Preservation of Historic Assets (Community Development and Services)
• Completed phase II of the historic resources survey plan
Status Quo Development (Community Development and Services)
• Reduced number of acres available for residential infill development
by 4.5 percent
• Facilitated the development of a public facilities needs assessment plan
for West Henderson
• Partnered with Habitat for Humanity and helped fund ($110,000)
acquisition of four vacant lots in Pittman area to construct single-family
homes for low-income households
• Completed update of the city’s Master Transportation Plan
Convention Center’s Functionality and Marketability
(Economic Development and Tourism)
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
• Completed repair work on the Henderson Convention Center’s roof and fire system
Street Design Guidelines (Public Works, Parks and Recreation)
• Completed in fiscal year 2016
0.0%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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